blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i'm really pleased and honored to join my colleagues this morning, senators blunt and whitehouse, and shortly senator graham, because they have really been leaders on issues involving national security and defense, and particularly in the intelligence and cyber area. senator blunt has a long record of bipartisan leadership in this body and in the house of representatives and in government generally and in addressing issues without regard to partisan predilictions or biases and he has not only led but produced results and senator whitehouse has tirelessly pursued this area of cybersecurity to his great credit, he has been with the movement toward making our nation more secure but also making the public more aware about the need for action in this area. and in truth, there is a saying that ignorance is bliss. but in truth, in areas of national security that is rarely the case. and in this instance, ignorance can do great harm. it is a source of peril and our nation is largely ignorant a

. >> richard blumenthal and chuck schumer are now demanding immediate federal investigations to prevent a breach liking this from happening again. >> we could get to the bottom of how target's in-store payment security was compromised in order to make sure that will target in the future and all other stores adequately protect consumers from this kind of devastating theft. >> some customers in california have already filed what could become a class action lawsuit against target. saying the chain "failed to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices." target said on sunday it notified millions of affected customers via e-mail and is working with the secret service and financial institutions to resolve the problem. they also offered customers 10% storewide discounts this weekend as well as free credit monitoring. so no doubt, this has a lot of shoppers frustrated about what

heston blumenthal is the owner of the fat duck. thank you for sticking around.alk about some of the sensory industries and how technology affects how we deal with food. you have become a scientist especially -- essentially. i went into some amazing restaurants in france and all of the things i remember, the sound of the crickets, the smell of the lavender. carving legs of lamb at the table, it was like falling down a rabbit hole into wonderland. i read a book about the science of cooking. in his book, he said browning your mean does not keep in the juices. i thought about it, and thought that is really obvious. i then questioned everything. it was that mind that led to all of those things. cooking and eating involves all of the senses, and i found myself in this crossroad. i did a demo in spain in 2003. it was a multisensory experience. somebody said i just care about the food. you cannot take that approach. if you look at the ability of this approach to deal with things like health issues, a big cause of depression is loss of smell. when all time or patience ge

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senators charles schumer and richard blumenthal. we will bring it live when it happens.for healthcare.gov. today the obama administration is claiming success in getting the website to work smoothly for the vast majority of users. a passing grade for its own self-set december 1st ted line. the latest progress report says the site is working more than 90% of the time, able to handle at least 800,000 users a day. in fact, the white house says 375,000 people visited the site before noon today. and while the official numbers aren't in yet, nbc news confirms that about 100,000 people were able to select plans on the federal exchange in november. up some 27,000 -- up from some 27,000 in october. but the white house says it still has more work to do. >> the president believes that the site has been significantly improved. but the work is not done. and it will continue. >> and right now, that rehabilitation effort extends well beyond the website to the president's political support. and his

johnson,ooker, senator then senator blumenthal. hold everybody here. >> good evening and thank you very much for your wrist -- rich testimony. the internet now, the ability for big data to be used is a service to many users. it serves me every time i am going online and shopping. i love the fact i can use this little device and things will be pushed to me that are very valuable. data sharing helps fuel our economy. so many great advantages. i have worries on the backend of that. and senatorhairman rockefeller is making a point. those are the concerns of consumers. .ne quick question what frustrates me, that i know my browser history, these cookies are on my computer and they are tracking and tracing what i am doing, and i understand the upside and the benefit of it. that is a little problematic to me. >> sure. there is a group that we are part of, the digital advertising alliance online, following where people are. we have created an icon and a to allow consumers to ,pt out, totally or selectively from any cookies used to track the

johnson,ooker, senator then senator blumenthal. hold everybody here. >> good evening and thank you very much for your wrist -- rich testimony. the internet now, the ability for big data to be used is a service to many users. it serves me every time i am going online and shopping. i love the fact i can use this little device and things will be pushed to me that are very valuable. data sharing helps fuel our economy. so many great advantages. i have worries on the backend of that. and senatorhairman rockefeller is making a point. those are the concerns of consumers. .ne quick question what frustrates me, that i know my browser history, these cookies are on my computer and they are tracking and tracing what i am doing, and i understand the upside and the benefit of it. that is a little problematic to me. >> sure. there is a group that we are part of, the digital advertising alliance online, following where people are. we have created an icon and a to allow consumers to ,pt out, totally or selectively from any cookies used to track the

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blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. many words have been spoken since newtown, including the very powerful words of my colleague just now, but the plain, simple fact is no words can capture what i feel about that day. no words ever will capture that day or the days and weeks and months afterward when we have grieved and healed and resolved that we will do everything within our power to make sure that that kind of massacre never happens again. but equally important that the deaths by gunfire are reduced or prevented. those 26 senseless, unspeakable deaths of 20 beautiful children and six great educators, but also the 194 children who have been killed by gunfire since new town. among the 10,000 or more deaths caused by gunfire person by person. a tragic river of senseless deaths that we had the power to prevent, the power in this body and the power in this nation. as much as we should be shamed and embarrassed by the failure of the act, we also must have hope and resolve that we will act. history is on our side. and the e

joining us the two guys at the helm dave galboa and neil blumenthal. the ceos and cofounders.snowballing and steam rolling. so many people, really getting a lot of attention lately yet you only have four stores. what are you doing? >> well, it is, we're treating people fairly. you would be shocked what a novel concept that is. our glasses are $95 with prescription lenses instead of 500. we launched online. which is kind of crazy to buy glasses online. we launched with parker.com, and that is how we learned to sell glasses. only recently we started opening up stores. liz: you have a video. whimsical theory how they market the company but i'm sure you don't spend too much about marketing. the theory, people get up six pairs of glasses sent to them. try them on and then what? >> so we, we thought it was ridiculous how expensive glasses were. cutting out all the middlemen and licensing fees and selling glasses direct to consumers we offer the same glasses moral r normally cost 5, $600, to $95. we launched selling online. we want to make it easy to get the fit right. you have optio

budget act, signed by 18 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, murray, baucus, begich, boxer, blumenthal, udall of new mexico, stabenow, whitehouse, mccaskill, hirn, coons -- hirono, coons, tester, schock, gillibrand. mr. reid: i move to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.j. res. 59 with an amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.j. res. 59, with amendment number 2547. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have an amendment which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, proposes amendment numbered 2548 to the instructions of amendment 2547. mr. reid: i move to refer the house message with respect to h.j. res. 59 with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator fro

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senator blumenthal? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for having this meeting. thank you for pursuing this issue withimportant such a far ranging consequences for both good and ill in our society. staff for thise truly remarkable study for to define doubts how a data broker. i recommend the report. a review of the data broker industry, collection use, and sale of consumer data for marketing purposes. there is now an industry in this very far- reaching and far ranging collection use and marketing of data. one is almost every day, in the news, we, and in the read about what the nsa is doing in the collection and use of data about citizens in this country protected by the fourth amendment. one of our justices once defined the right of imc as the right to be let alone. that samedo not have right against this industry because it is not the government. privacy interests may be just as as theyrisk and abused are by the government and that is what brings us here today. not only the vast potential for good, but also the downside and the dark side and the danger of collec

metro north services both of their states, new york senator chuck schumer and connecticut senator blumenthal wrote to implement the cameras immediately. this comes after the emergency order on friday requiring metro north to overall its signal system as soon as possible. the company must have an extra crew member on some routes with major speed changes. while the senators acknowledge that's a step in the right direction they say its still not enough. and as it turns out this is not the first time there has been a call for cameras on passenger trains. the safety board suggested the same safety precaution after a collision in california. >> 22 people died in that crash, and it was recommended that cameras and recorded be installed to determine the time of fatigue in days that produce that crash. >> reporter: the engineer of the new york city train william rockefeller reportedly acknowledged he was in a daze as the train approached the area where it tripled the speed limit. the crash killed four people and injured dozens more. while this may not bring back the people killed in the train wreck,

and then senator blumenthal. first, it is very good that the ntsb is in full charge. they are smart, they are competent and they are independent. and i have worked with them on, unfortunately, numerous tragedies here in new york, both on the ground and in the air. and they come up with thorough data. they give it to you as quickly as they can. but they don't rush. they want to make sure everything is completely squared. so when they tell you it's going at 82 miles per hour, it's pretty safe bet that's exactly what happened. they are -- it was -- the ntsb was set up by congress to be independent and to come in sort of on top, if you will, or swoop in and give a complete independent investigation. so no one who has biases will be involved. and i have complete -- and i know senator blumenthal does, complete faith in this investigation. when they -- oftentimes, when they finish their investigation, congress takes their findings and puts them into law. that's what happened with the crash in the buffalo airplane. we now have laws that are -- because the ntsb found there was

let me just say a couple words here and then senator blumenthal. first, it is very good that the ntsb is in full charge. they are smart, they are competent and they are independent, and i have worked with them on unfortunately numerous tragedies here in new york, both on the ground and in the air, and they come up with thorough data, they give it to you as quickly as they can but they don't rush. they want to make sure everything is completely squared so when they tell you it's going at 82 miles an hour, it's a pretty safe bet that that's exactly what happened. they are -- the ntsb was set up by congress to be independent and to come in, sort of come in on top, if you will, or swoop in and give a complete independent investigation, so no one who has biases will be involved. and i have complete, and i know senator blumenthal does, complete faith in this investigation. when they -- oftentimes when they finish their investigation, congress takes their findings and puts them into law. that's what happened with the crash in the buffalo airplane. we now

democratic connecticut senator richard blumenthal joins me now.ee you, senator, good morning. >> good morning, chris. good to be with you. >> should we read into this budget beyond a desire not to see another government shutdown? is there a sense there on the hill that this agreement might mean more are possible? >> i think that this agreement is a very good, positive, even exciting template for what we can do going forward on measures like intelligence and immigration and the farm bill. so i think working together requires the use of muscles, the compromise muscles, if you will, that haven't been exercised for a while. the more we use them, the stronger they are. and i think it's a very good bridge to the next year and i hope it augers well for what we're going to be doing. i came to washington three years ago to try to accomplish things, do things, get things done, which is what the american people want, particularly on economic policy, job growth and economic progress. >> let me ask you about another economic issue, because i know you're planni

. >> so for that and the budget, we bring in democratic senator, richard blumenthal.hank you for being here. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> senator, let's start right there. the white house seizing control of this nsa debate, something that the president hasn't spoken about at length since august. part of those recommendations that we would see in his panel, this would be president obama's panel, would be to take this massive databases away from the nsa. it's not clear whether the president supports that. his panel might, according to the "washington post," today. where do you stand? >> i think there needs to be fundamental far-reaching reform to make the nsa process and our entire signals intelligence gathering program more accountable and more transparent. and this report is a beginning. it's a first step. not binding on the president. but the president has indicated that he believes that reform is necessary. he said, for example, he thinks that some kind of adversarial process within the foreign intelligence surveillance court, as i have proposed, a constitu

now the meddling after the big christmas delivery delay, democratic connecticut senator richard blumenthalmmediately calling for ups to give customers refunds, and the target hack attack triggering this. >> ilso want to know if the federal trade commission has the teeth to hold retailers who fail to protect the customers' personal information to account. >> democrat new jersey senator bob menendez suggesting new regulations may be needed to protect consumers. but john, when the government gets involved in the private sector, is that when the consumer really pays? >> you think? this is like going to the town drunk and asking him how to get sober. otis campbell doesn't teach sobriety campbells. a government that can't build a website, you want to talk to em about hacking? 47% of the fraud in the united states is despite 24% of the usage. computer chips would help that. that's what we need to go to. as far as the ups, they hired 55,000 part-time workers, 23 extra jets, they still underestimated demand. the market will deal with them. congress dealing with them, good lord, get your own house i

blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i want to commend -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quarks. mr. blumenthal: i apologize, mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you. thank you, mr. president. i ask my colleague from rhode island to stay on the floor for just a couple of minutes because i wanted to thank him for the very erudite and eloquent explanation that he has just given for why our focus should be so aggressively and unrelentingly on the tremendous opportunities for saving health care costs and raising health care quality at the same time. and i'm very proud to have joined him and others of our colleagues in a task force or group that is seeking commonsense solutions to lower the costs of health care and at the same time increase its efficiency and quality. the two go together. the phenomenon that he just discussed of reducing readmissions to hospitals once patients are discharged also means that the quality of those dischar

blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, madam president. over the weekend, the state of connecticut and the country and the world commemorateed with grief and continued pain the first-year anniversary of the tragic massacre in newtown, and on the morning of saturday, one year after the newtown tragedy, i attended a church service, a beautiful, moving, powerful celebration of faith at the st. rose of lima church whose pastor monsignor robert weiss has been a great friend to many in the community and such a source of strength and comfort. later in the weekend, i visited with the family of erica robinson of west haven, connecticut, who was shot and killed at a nightclub in new haven on october 26. this seemingly random act of violence left erica dead and five other individuals injured by gunfire. i have spent months and have been grateful for the experience with the families of those

coming under fire from connecticut senator, richard blumenthal, who is demanding the shipping giant refund all customers affected by the delays. >> i'm asking, in fact demanding that u.p.s. and fed ex both commit they will make full refunds by december 31, end of the year. >> reporter: u.p.s. said it would only reimburse customers and retailers who paid for guaranteed delivery by air. and we're learning more about what created the delivery debacle. u.p.s. says the problem began when their fleet of planes was overwhelmed by last minute surge in guaranteed delivery orders. even though the carrier added 23 planes to their fleet of 400, it just couldn't keep up. so consumers should check with their online retailers, many are offering anything from gift cards to complete refunds. and the good news here, david, u.p.s. is adamant, they will be able to get those delayed packages delivered by tonight. david. >> let's hope so. alex, thank you. to a major ruling in favor of the nsa. a federal judge, now ruling that the sweeping surveillance program is legal. determining necessary counter punch to ter

later on bloomberg television, we will be joined by heston blumenthal. >> they were talking about the effectiveness of forward guidance. we have more on what he has been saying. >> he has been. good morning to you both. the issues that he faces with the bank of england very similar to what the u.s. faces. one is the recovery taking hold? two, when is it time to withdraw stimulus. >> historic relationships for monetary policy -- the relationship between monetary policy and a person is purchasing -- purchasing manager would suggest that rates would have increased already. would have been what we had tried it to guard against which would have been a premature withdrawal of monetary stimulus. >> a premature withdrawal of stimulus. when you think about it, that is what forward guidances for. it is to communicate that is not going to happen. the word for almost every goingl banker -- when you to take away the punch bowl a little bit too early? on the other side, if you keep you keep it-- if there too long, there are risks on the other side. >> on the housing market, questions are being aske

. ♪ >> when classmates kneel blumenthal, andrew hunt, jeffrey raider and david gill boa launched this it shook up the world of prescription eyewear, selling under the price of typical fashion glasses and doing it all online. >> we said what if we can create our own brand, design glasses ourselves, sell them directly to consumers through a user friendly website, we could offer the same quality glasses that cost $500, $600, but do so for $95. >> the idea quickly took off. >> we were featured in vogue and gq. we basically sold out of our inventory and had a waiting list of 20,000 customers. >> for two years they sold almost exclusively online. they didn't have stores in the business plan. their goal was to change an industry through internet sales. what they soon learned surprised them. >> what we found was that people really wanted to shop and experience the brand in person. >> they're not alone. internet retailers across industries are finding that while the internet is great to start an idea, ultimately there will always be consumers who want to do things the old-fashioned way, touch

blumenthal is a man who is a scientist, and the chef. michelin starred, a new twist to cooking. be talking to him about his business and cooking. >> looking forward to that. thank you. netflix the year that and amazon and hulu took on the networks with original content. what would the story be for 2014? let's all -- ask apollo sweetie. sweeney. what can we expect? >> we will find that content is king. one of the things they executives and hollywood are sitting and noticing as there is more demand for the content than ever before. not just traditional broadcast networks or cable, also internet enabled distribution systems such as netflix and hulu and amazon. they are writing the big checks for hollywood content. it has been a good time to be a content owner and hollywood. >> the content, the battle is on mobile. i can go to the website and decide i want to see that. when you had tv -- >> a that's correct. consumers are adapting to new technology especially mobile technology. sommers once a web and where they wanted and on what device. media companies have to adapt. the growthdriv

senators chuck schumer and richard blumenthal claim the n-t-s-b recommended cameras be installed on both the inside and outside of trains five years ago, but nothing has been done. a commuter train derailed in new york last week, killing four people and injuring 67 others. r >> "as we move forward from the crash we have to focus on the lessons we learned in the past week and make sure that these things don't happen again. reports are now pointing to human error as the cause of the crash. it's now generally accepted that the engineer "nodding off" during the trip, possibly due to what's called highway hypnosis - when you see so many things go by quickly and repeatedly you get lulled into sleep." >> schumer says the cameras would monitor train crew members and provide video evidence in the event of a crash. currently, amtrak and california's metrolink commuter rail trains have cameras installed. >> lake tahoe might soon be using ferries for transportation around the lake. officials are hoping that.by the summer of 2016.they'll have a pair of 120-passenger ferries shuttling people from the

. >> all right, senator blumenthal, thank you. cnn will broadcast part of the calls when it is been reviewed. >>> snow, sleet, and snow is likely headed your way. and the former vice president asked about his daughter's fam. . famil. y. ya know, with new fedex one rate you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. i didn't know the coal thing was real. it's very real... david rivera. rivera, david. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. i dbefore i dosearch any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater

you chocolatier.r they call him the heston blumenthal of chocolate.k to you. >> i need to put it in order. for the newsroom, done. thank you so much. about up, "the pulse" in 15 minutes. i am joined by guy johnson. a little bit disappointed we will not be trying any chocolate on the show. but it will still be good. >> i am looking forward to it. i am sure caroline will a -- will be able to bring a little bit back to give us a little taste test. looking forward to talking to have'neil on the day. we the fed news out. that will be happening a little bit layer. -- a little bit later. jim o'neill will be joining us with what it means. we will talk about those and some of the other countries he has been tracking as well. what are the implications for the europeans? we will take a look at the ifo number. instant reaction with jim later on. looking forward to the conversation already. >> thank you so much. "the pulse" in about 10 minutes from now. here are some companies on the move. marissa mayer is telling president obama that the backlash could make count

-- blumenthal? we are smart we go he is just trying to get press. that makes no sense.hould not give refunds. if you make the online order the retailer has the obligation to let them know it will be late door it is not coming but the fact the retailer did not do that they are in violation and they need to take care of that. adam: now and rf was predicting growth over last year it sounds like we have that? >> also another study minutes.com can now with a steady like wal-mart ayyad targets, $42 million was spent by mitt.com users on a black friday. that is not very much. so they are trying to do beef up the sales. that is not high if you look at the years before that. it may even be lower. adam: we hope they are not waiting for their packages still. you may have received amazing gaps but then there are those questionable ones. what you do with those kids you just won't use? with us now is etiquette expert of the do and don't of re-gifting. >> i have five points and like to tell people. first of all, designate a space to keep the unwanted guests. if somebody invites you to

liz: democratic senator richard blumenthal out of connecticut putting out this statement right now urging ups to give refunds because he says christmas is on the line. he is saying the men and women at ups as well as u.s. postal service and fedex to tremendous work this time of year putting in a grueling long hours producing a mac delivering gifts, but it is incumbent upon these companies were the customers quoted a delivery date ahead of christmas that they arrive on time. he said a very real sense christmas is on the line,calling ups to do the right thing and provide refunds to people whose christmases are little less cheery as a result of the late delivery, cheryl. you noted it was down fractionally, naturally under a lot of pressure. fedex is up, amazon still say it is reviewing its relationships with the package deliverers. basically getting $20 gift cards and refunds to amazon customers who experience shipping delays. this is a developing story. but is he would also happens. going to give it back to you. cheryl: the only issue for me is what happens without all the returns. we expec

senator blumenthal? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for having this meeting. thank you for pursuing this issue withimportant such a far ranging consequences for both good and ill in our society. staff for thise truly remarkable study for to define doubts how a data broker. i recommend the report. a review of the data broker industry, collection use, and sale of consumer data for marketing purposes. there is now an industry in this very far- reaching and far ranging collection use and marketing of data. one is almost every day, in the news, we, and in the read about what the nsa is doing in the collection and use of data about citizens in this country protected by the fourth amendment. one of our justices once defined the right of imc as the right to be let alone. that samedo not have right against this industry because it is not the government. privacy interests may be just as as theyrisk and abused are by the government and that is what brings us here today. not only the vast potential for good, but also the downside and the dark side and the danger of collec

chuck schumer and richard blumenthal say that the ntsb recommended that cameras be installed on the insideand outside of trains five years ago but nothing has been done. the train killed four people and injured 60 others when it derailed. >> as we move forward from the crash, we have to focus on the lessons we learned in the past week and make sure that these things don't happen again. reports are now pointing to human error as the cause of the crash. it's now generally accepted that the engineer, quote, nodded off during the trip, oxc.gca highway hypnosis. when you see so many things go by quickly and repeatedly, you get loathed into sleep. >> schumer says the cameras would monitor crew members and provide video evidence in the event of a crash. the metrolink trains have cameras installed. >>> it has been a month since the typhoon ravaged the philippines. bodies are still being uncovered from beneath the debris in the hardest hit cities. tens of thousands are living in shelters. haiyan left over 5700 people death and 4 million people were displaced. >>> hiker eric ralston is facing domest

grants congress the power to regulate commerce, and this is congress' job to do so, and richard blumenthal is only doing what he was elected do which is stand up for his constituents. if you lied and said it's going to be there by the 24th and i wasn't, you should have to pay that money back. >> they didn't lie. they said they were going to get -- try to get the packages there. clearly they would rather have had -- no they said the packages would be delivered on time. >> they've did right thing and said we're refunding the customers' money, we tried, we're sorry. you know the alternative? go to u.s. postal service. would it be there on time? >> i think it would be. the u.s. postal service can handle the volume. you know, their volume has dropped off. what these companies did was take on more work than they could handle, and they lied about it. and they should be held accountable. >> steve, they immediately issued these refunds before the senator got involved. these senators -- that's like the third center that took too the podium and started attack thing -- attacking the free market. >> yo

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senator menendez, senator blumenthal, senator begich, senator pryor, senator landrieu, senator gillibrand, senator warner, senator hagan, senator donnelley. they're all democrats. and if you want to pass that thing, no problem. conventional wisdom has been, whatever else republicans and democrats disagree on, no matter how intractably divided democrats and republicans are on partisan lines, on other issues. when it comes to the war with iran, well, conventional wisdom has been that not only would the war with iran bill pass, it might even pass with a veto-proof majority. but a funny thing happened on the way to our next big land war in asia. a big unexpected group of senators today decided to yank back on the reins. now, bob menendez is not the most famous senator in the country, but bob menendez is very, very senior in the senate and very powerful. he is chairman of the foreign relations committee. here's the thing, though. there are only 16 standing committees in the u.s. senate. so 16 committees, 16 chairs. senator menendez is the chair of one of the committees. today, an amazing thing

. >> we have democrat senator richard blumenthal out of connecticut weighing in on this.e, christmas is on. line with delays at ups and the other carriers. and fedex. look what he is saying. he is saying we're grateful to ups and usps and fedex, do tremendous work and grueling long hours however it is incumbent on these companies that when customer is quoted delivery date to get the pack an on time, he goes on to say that christmas is on the line. he calls on ups to do the right thing and provide refund to people whose christmases were a little less cheery as a result of late deliveries. it is odd and interesting he only quotes ups to do the right thing, provide refunds. ups is saying it is sorry. it expects to get all the packages, nearly all by tomorrow. ups traded higher today at the close. it is near its 52-week high as cheryl pointed out earlier. you could see the trend line there. the question is, here's the deal, here's the bottom line. as customers pile on to ups's facebook page to complain, it is retailers who made the online promise that is these packagings woul

you were a big advocate of sydney blumenthal. >> jeffrey, it's funny.real funny. it is not about me. and the fact that you want to try to do a hit on me shows me that you're not a serious person. and frankly, should not be doing legal commentary for cnn. >> i think there are very serious issues here. the idea that you are the representative is really very unfortunate. because there are important issues and they are not obvious in their resolution. but your paranoia and fantasies about the nsa being after you are unworthy of this important case. >> i think you should read the xlanlt. rather than shooting your mouth off. obviously, the judge didn't agree with you, jeffrey. read what he said. and you can find it at freedom watch usa. this is a disgraceful. >> oh, my gosh. are you okay? >> no. are you okay? >> this is not about me. come on. you made this about you. it is not about the xlanlt. i'm not good to go argue with you. thank you. can we get him off, please? can we please remove him from the screen? please remove him from the screen. >> you believe i

. >> connecticut senator richard blumenthal is an advocate for tougher gun safety laws especially after the newtown tragedy and he joins me now. thank you very much. just briefly before we talk about guns, i want to ask you, what's your take. is this short-term budget deal going to pass the senate? >> i believe very confidently it will pass the senate. i shouldn't say very confidently, nothing can be predictive with certainty in washingt washington. i think it will pass because it represents a compromise. people like myself that want unemployment insurance will have to compromise. so will the other side. these compromise muscles atrophy if we don't use them. those muscles have weakened. here we have a chance to use compromise muscles to move forward, establish a template for the debt ceiling and other controversial measures. everybody knows there's another day for unemployment compensation insurance and we need to move forward. >> now, want to also ask you about gun legislation. our new nbc news "wall street journal" poll, support has slipped for stricter gun laws. it peaked obviously i

." >> reporter:u-s senators richard blumenthal and chuck schumer are now demanding immediate federalvestigations to prevent a breach like this from happening again. >>"we can get to the bottom of how target's in store security was compromised in order to make sure that target, in the future, and all other stores, adequately protect to consumers from this kind of devastating theft." >> reporter:some customers in california have already filed what could become a class-action lawsuit against target, saying the chain quote, "failed to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices." >> reporter:target said on sunday it notified millions of affected customers via e- mail and is working with the secret service and financial who problem. >> catherine: target also offered customers a 10 percent discount this past weekend. also - free credit monitoring. >> catherine: it's always good to think before you tweet. an example of what can go wrong --- a former p-r executive says she's sorry about a tweet about aids and africa. but as pamela brown reports, the damage is done. >>

we had congressman richard blumenthal on talking earlier in the last hour in "jansing & co."connecticut has done and they have certainly tightened down. but when you look at the example that newtown has given us, how do you hope that this series then continues? because we have a long way to go if we want to amend our federal contract with the country and what it means to have our constitutional right to bear arms. but what that means in reality if we lose our children to that constitutional right. >> right. and i think what the wheelers said too about just talking to parents and making the country safer for all children i think is critical. but i think without some serious sort of federal gun reform, you are leaving it into the hands of states, and states like connecticut choose one path but not all states do. we did a big series of louisiana, where there's -- people are dying from gunshot wounds every day. and that is not a state that has moved in the same direction as connecticut has. >> and there's cultural responses to how some people are raised with guns or how some peop

senator blumenthal of connecticut asked ntsb to do a quick investigation but also take a look.early as last month ntsb raising concerns about track maintenance on metro north. blemen thole says this dram advertising the need to focusoon railroad safety and severe accidents and service disruptions are unacceptable. there's a possibility also to take a look at metro north rails across the area. obviously, andrea, these rails service a lot of people here. >> they serve a lot of people. i know that area in particular. what about seat belts. is this going to resurrect the issue of whether people, like on buses and school buses it's become an issue, whether there should be seat belts on trains. any of those people thrown around in the cars have been safer if they had been wearing seat belts? >> it's something we heard people talking about today, three out of the four fatalities were ejected from the train. they flew out of those windows. so a lot of people saying if there were safety belts they perhaps could have been saved or at least wouldn't have been ejebted from the train. that'